Only downside I can see is it could be noisy if you laminate the steps. Especially if you have kids who already sound like a herd of elephants when they move about.

Maybe carpet for stairs and landing and laminate for the bedrooms, although I would go wooden/laminate downstairs and carpet on the stairs, landing and bedroom.

5th Apr

For the kids I would laminate it due to the amount mine have spilt on the carpets in the past.

For your own bedroom I would carpet if you can

5th Apr

Again I have wood floors downstairs , but carpets upstairs. Noise is going to be worse if you laminate upstairs , for your neighbours too unless you are detached or have thick walls . To be honest in the middle of winter if I get up in the night I want warm carpet under my toes, not chilly wood too.

5th Apr

Thanks for your comments. Don’t have kids and noise is not a problem. Cleaning should be easier with wooden flooring.

Has anyone bought any flooring and could recommend a retailer or online?

Thanks.

5th Apr

Laminate is horrible, have a look around for wood flooring deals, there are tons of places that do them, it's worth the extra money.

5th Apr

If you want cheap go into one of the carpet/flooring stores and check out their remnants or returned products.You can normally a good 50%+ saving.

Edited by: "joedastudd" 5th Apr

5th Apr

You can get laminate flooring which has real wood layer on top. It gives the feel of real wood but is cheaper than real wood. They are reasonably priced at wickes. They are often on sale, so they are great value if you get them on sale. I think they are called engineered wood, or something like that.

They cover on different price range, depending on how thick the real wood layer is.

You can't put laminate on stairs. Not only are they noisy, they are slippery, so not recommended. Also they are designed for flat surface, so there is nothing for them to grip on the stairs treads. You would have to glue them and that is dangerous as the glue may give way with time.

6th Apr

One thing to remember is laminate flooring is cold, we only have it in the kitchen and in the hallway at the bottom of the stairs.

6th Apr

Never seen anyone laminate stairs, and quite rightly so.

6th Apr

The nosing trim for the tread will make the stairs laminate quite expensive, better to carpet the stairs